Title Remembering the Alamo : memory, modernity, and the master symbol / by Richard R. Flores

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 192 pages) : illustrations, maps Series History, culture, and society series History, culture, and society series. Contents Ch. 1. The Texas Modern -- pt. 1. The Alamo as Place, 1836-1905. Ch. 2. History, Memory-Place, and Silence: The Public Construction of the Past. Ch. 3. From San Fernando de Bexar to the Alamo City: The Political Unconscious of Plaza Space. Ch. 4. From Private Visions to Public Culture: The Making of the Alamo -- pt. 2. The Alamo as Project, 1890-1960. Ch. 5. Cinematic Images: Frontiers, Nationalism, and the Mexican Question. Ch. 6. Why Does Davy Live?: Modernity and Its Heroics. Conclusion: The Alamo as Tex(Mex) Master Symbol of Modernity Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Memory -- Social aspects -- United States Symbolism -- Social aspects -- United States Popular culture -- Texas White people -- Texas -- Social conditions Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Social conditions HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Hispanic American Studies. Ethnic relations Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Memory -- Social aspects Mexican Americans -- Social conditions Popular culture Symbolism -- Social aspects White people -- Social condition Belegeringen. Collectief geheugen. Mythevorming. Culturele identiteit. Etnisch bewustzijn. SUBJECT Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95009560 Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836 -- Influence Texas -- Ethnic relations Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134269 Subject Texas Texas -- San Antonio United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001052230 ISBN 0292796471 9780292796478

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